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FOLDING STICKS (5 FOLD)

Folds into 5 parts making it more compact for travelling

Medicine Pill Box

Seven individual pill compartments in a single compact plastic container. Measures 5.5 inches long x .78 deep x 1 wide. Marked in Braille and standard alphabet for each day of the week.

Drawing Board

Raised drawings can be made using a regular pen and paper.

Useful for maps, child's drawings, geometry, and diagrams.

Sonu lives with his sister Lakshmi and parents in a rustic village in Kutch, Gujarat bordering Pakistan. One day when his father falls sick, Sonu and Lakshmi volunteer to graze the camels. During a food break, the camels drift away. Sonu goes in search only to find himself lost in the wilderness with no camel in sight.

Audible/vibratory Liquid Level Indicator

Fill your cup with greater confidence using the Audible and vibratory Liquid Level Indicator. Simply place it on the side of a cup and a series of audible beeps and vibrations will let you know when the liquid nears the top.

Lovely VocalTalking Bathroom Scale

Battery operated talking bathroom scales: Comprise: LCD display; metric and imperial measurement; weight announcement in female voice; French, English,German and Spanish language announcement facility.

Auditory devices installed at 57 traffic signals: police

The Delhi Police on Wednesday informed the igh Court that they had installed auditory devices at 57 traffic signals and identified 35 more traffic intersections for installation of the signals to facilitate smooth road crossing by the visually impaired.

Promoting and practising sensitivity

In the Equal Opportunities Cell at Delhi University’s North Campus on Friday, many differently-abled students, ranging from the visually impaired to those with locomotor disabilities and dyslexia, were seated in an air-conditioned room and were calmly being helped with their application forms by special volunteers sensitive to their needs.

This was in drastic contrast to the scenes in centres such as Daulat Ram College, which on day one and two, forced these students to brave the heat and get in line with other categories.

Disabled-friendly Odisha govt websites by August 15

The state government is planning to make government web portals disabled-friendly with screen readers, resizing of texts and colour contrast scheme by August 15.

Screen reader is a software application that interprets the display on a computer and presents it to an user in a text-to-speech, sound icon or Braille form, making the contents accessible to the blind.